#Bestof2013: Most read Press-Telegram stories from 2013

A love story that came to an end. A giant fish is discovered. And a high school football team makes a name for itself. These and more made up the top eight most read stories on www.PressTelegram.com this past year by Long Beach area residents.

8. In February, 24-year-old Serena Medina was tragically killed in a hit-and-run after an altercation outside Taco Beach restaurant and bar. A candle-light vigil for the Long Beach mother drew nearly a 100 and two men were arrested shortly after the incident.

5. The community mourned the loss of Bobby San Jose, a former Wilson High School standout athlete who went on to play quarterback at UCLA and Cal State Long Beach, after he was hit by a vehicle near Heartwell Park in Long Beach in October.

4. Long Beach Unified School District took action against false accuser Wanetta Gibson in court and recovered $2.6 million in June in the 2002 Brian Banks case. Gibson was a student at Long Beach Poly High when she first sued the district for having lax security and an unsafe environment after she falsely accused Banks, a promising football star, of rape.